NaBloPoMo: Happy Birthday, John!

I knew I wanted to do something really special for John's birthday. I wanted to get him something that he'd always remember, something that would be really meaningful to him. But I couldn't come up with anything that seemed to fit the bill. Over the summer, though, it came to me. This past summer, we made the decision not to go visit family and friends in Kansas. There just wasn't enough time and money to make the trip. I knew that John had basically made his peace with that decision, but I also knew that he would miss seeing his youngest brother, Zack. Those two are more like best friends than brothers. And they're so alike. Just last night, they were on the phone talking about battery-powered gadgets, and I overheard John say, "yeah, but who really knows what Batman has under his tights?" They're two peas in a pod, in other words. So for his birthday, I got John the best present I could think of: I got him Zack. This Friday, Zack will come to stay with us for four days. Together, the two of them can geek out, talk shop, and even build a solar-powered Rube Goldberg machine if they want to!

Happy Birthday, John. I hope you know how much you mean to me. Have fun with Zack, just don't burn the house down, okay?